An Explicit Expression for the Wavelength of a Gravity Wave
- 1 April 1973
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Vol. 3 (2) , 238-239
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1973)003<0238:aeeftw>2.0.co;2
Abstract
The square of the wavelength λ of a surface gravity wave is expressed as an eighth-degree polynomial in u=4π2h/(gT2), where h is the depth and T the period. The relative error in λ/λ0, where λ0 is the deep water wavelength, is less than 0.0004% for uu<2.Keywords
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